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HARD TO HANDLE (Bassline)
As recorded by The Black Crowes
(From the 2002 Album BLACK CROWES - GREATEST HITS 1990-1999: TRIBUTE WORK IN PROGRESS)

Words and Music by Allen Jones, Alvertis Bell and Otis Redding

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'

Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=102
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          H    E S S S E S   +H     +E  S S S E S
|----------|------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|------------1-2-4-|-(4)----(4)-2-0-2-0----|
|----------|--------2-2-------|--------------------2--|
|----------|------------------|-----------------------|

Verse
  +H     +E  S S S E S   +H     +E  S S S E.     E E E S S +S  S E E E
|----------------------|---------------------||-------------------------|
|----------------1-2-4-|-(4)----(4)-2-0-2-0--||o------------------------|
|-(2)----(2)-2-2-------|---------------------||o-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x-----0--|
|----------------------|---------------------||------------------0-2----|

E E E S S +S  S E E E   E E E S S +S  S E E E   E E E S S +S  S E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x-----0-|-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x-----0-|-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x---2-0-|
|-----------------0-2---|-----------------0-2---|-----------------0-----|

E E E S S +S  S E E E   E E E S S +S  S E E E   E E E S S +S  S E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x---2-0-|-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x---2-0-|-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x---2-0-|
|-----------------0-----|-----------------0-----|-----------------0-----|

Chorus
  E E E S S +S  S S S S S S S    E E E e S S E E S S   E E E e S S E E S S
|-----------------------------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------1-1-2-2-3-4-||-----4---------------|-4---4-----------------|
|-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x-------------||-------------1-2-3-4-|-------------1-2-3-4---|
|-----------------------------||-2-2---2---x---------|---2---2---x-----------|

1.
  E E Q  H      W          S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------|----------|---------------------------------|
|-------------|----------|---------------------------------|
|-2-----------|----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|-------------|----------|---------------------------------|

E S S +S  S E +H
|-----------------------||-|
|----------------------o||-|
|----------------------o||-|
|-5-x-0-(0)-x-7-(7)-----||-|

2.
    E. S +E  E +S  S S S S S S S  3x E. S +E  E +H
||--------------------------------||-------------------||
||o------------------------------o||-------------------||
||o------------------------------o||-------------------||
||--5--0-(0)-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||-5--0-(0)-7-(7)----||

Verse
    E E E S S +S  S E E E  3x
||-------------------------||-|
||o-----------------------o||-|
||o-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x-----0-o||-|
||------------------0-2----||-|

E E E S S +S  S E E E     E E E S S +S  S S S S S S S
||-------------------------||-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------o||-----------------1-1-2-2-3-4-|
||o-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x---2-0-o||-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x-------------|
||------------------0------||-----------------------------|

Chorus
  E E E e S S E E S S   E E E e S S E E S S   E E Q  H
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|
|-----4---------------|-4---4---------------|-------------|
|-------------1-2-3-4-|-------------1-2-3-4-|-2-----------|
|-2-2---2---x---------|---2---2---x---------|-------------|

W            E. S +E  E +S  S S S S S S S  3x E. S +E  E +H
|----------||--------------------------------||-------------------|
|----------||o------------------------------o||-------------------|
|----------||o------------------------------o||-------------------|
|----------||--5--0-(0)-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||-5--0-(0)-7-(7)----|

Guitar Solo
    E E E S S +S  S E E E  7x E E E S S +S  S S S S S S S
||-------------------------||-----------------------------||
||o-----------------------o||-----------------------------||
||o-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x-----0-o||-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
||------------------0-2----||-----------------------------||

Verse
    E E E S S +S  S E E E  3x
||-------------------------||-|
||o-----------------------o||-|
||o-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x-----0-o||-|
||------------------0-2----||-|

E E E S S +S  S E E E  4x E E E S S +S  S S S S S S S
||-------------------------||-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------o||-----------------1-1-2-2-3-4-|
||o-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x---2-0-o||-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x-------------|
||------------------0------||-----------------------------|

W            E. S +E  E +S  S S S S S S S  3x E. S +E  E +H
|----------||--------------------------------||-------------------||
|----------||o------------------------------o||-------------------||
|----------||o------------------------------o||-------------------||
|----------||--5--0-(0)-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||-5--0-(0)-7-(7)----||

Outro
    E E E S S +S  S E E E  8x     E. S +E  E +S  S S S S S S S  3x
||-------------------------||-||--------------------------------||
||o-----------------------o||-||o------------------------------o||
||o-2-2-2-x-2-(2)-x-----0-o||-||o------------------------------o||
||------------------0-2----||-||--5--0-(0)-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||

E. S +E  E +H       +W           +H     H
|-------------------|------------:-------------*|
|-------------------|------------:-------------*|
|-------------------|------------:-------------*|
|-5--0-(0)-7-(7)----|-(7)--------:-(7)---------*|

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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